Over the past 3 decades, the status of sea turtles and the need for their protection to aid
population recovery have increasingly captured the interest of government agencies, non …

Abstract Inorganic elements (Pb, Cd, Hg, Al, As, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Se and Zn) are present
globally in aquatic systems and their potential transfer to marine turtles can be a serious …

Simple Summary Showing one of the most extraordinary phenomena in nature, with
thousands or hundreds of thousands of females coming out of the water to nest in a highly …

In 2015, the failure of the Fundão dam caused the release of 43 million m 3 of tailings into
the Doce River Basin, in southeast Brazil. It was considered the largest environmental …

Metals are persistent worldwide being harmful for diverse organisms and having complex
and combined effects with other contaminants in the environment. Sea turtles accumulate …

Environmental contaminants have been suggested as a possible cause of
fibropapillomatosis (FP) in green sea turtles. In turn, a reduced concentration of serum …

We aimed to identify patterns in the internal distribution of persistent organic pollutants
(POPs) and assess contributing factors using sea turtles and their offspring as a case study …

Health evaluations were conducted in the northwestern Atlantic for 19 leatherback turtles,
which included 12 turtles directly captured as part of a satellite telemetry study and 7 turtles …

Mercury is known to bioaccumulate and to magnify in marine mammals, which is a cause of
great concern in terms of their general health. In particular, the immune system is known to …

Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles was published in 1997, the field has
grown and matured in ways few of the authors would have predicted—particularly in the …